Monday, August 18, 2008

August 17; 88km; 654M vertical; sunny

Charlottetown to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
We started out in overcast conditions from Charlottetown, but within 20km the skies cleared and the sun appeared. We had 60km to the ferry at Wood Islands and we started at 8:30 without a real breakfast and sprinted to the Irving gas station 22 km down the road for coffee, tea and cookies. Fortified by sugar we had headed down highway 1 and then highway 23 to Wood Island. We arrived at 12:00 one hour before the ferry left and finally had a solid meal for lunch. The Wood Island ferry left Prince Edward Island at 1 pm and took us to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 75 minutes. Leaving PEI was both sad and exciting. We only had two days in PEI but we met some great people and didn’t see anywhere near enough of the Island. However we enter a new province and with only two provinces left the excitement is building. We rode to New Glasgow after leaving the ferry and we are safely ensconced in the Tara Inn for the night. But no Sheila, we haven’t sold the tent yet.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I HAVE ENOUGH AIR MILES NOW TO GO TO MONTREAL AND I HOPE TO BE THERE IN EARLY OCT. HOPEFULLY, I WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS ADVENTURE THEN AND MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE THE NEXT ONE PLANNED.!!!
DON'T FORGET, YOU HAD YOUR FIRST FLAT TIRE ON YOUR FIRST DAY IN VANCOUVER.
CHEERIO
GOOD LUCK
SHEILA